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County Advisory Council Reviews Progr�m at Culbertson Meeting�
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Area Recreational Development Is Possibility
Where Burglars Hit
WOLF POINT�
Above is the scene where burglars entered the home of Mr. and Mrs. Lyle Knudson, 213 Garfield, cutting the telephone line as shown by Knudson. Also pictured is the purse on the chair
near the door in which money had been taken. The robbers also took Knudson's 1955 station wagon which still has not been recovered. The thefts took place about 3:30 a.m. Saturday�Staff photo by Chrys-Meree Thorsen.
AREA VETERANS WILL ATTEND 1st. DIVISION MEETING
A buffalo barbeque. Indian Ceremonial. Australian lecture and j movies, banquet, parties for the | ladies. Grand Balls, Memorial I Services, and a ranch breakfast will highlight the 14th annual Convention of the 41st Infantry Divi-iion Association which includes Montana's famed 163rd Infantry, in Bozeman Julv 22nd. 23rd. and 24th.
Many 'eterans from Poplar and Roosevelt County will be in attendance. "B" Company called "the Indian Company' of the 163rd Infantry, 41st Division, was a Poplar National guard unit. "E" Company was composed of men from Wolf Point and Culbertson; and the 1st Battalion Headquarters Company was from Bainville.
Capt. James Helmer was Company Commander when the Poplar unit was mobilized. Other officers were 1st. Lt. Duncan Dupree. who was killed in action and 2nd Lts. Buster Zimmerman and Claude Trinder.
Buster Zimmerman announced that an effort is being made to enlist several Indian couples to go in costume to add color to the convention. A $50.00 hat is offered as first place prize, with a second place prize of $25.00 in merchandise.
The 41st. a National Guard Division, was originally composed of troops from the five northwestern states. It was the first division inducted into the Regular Service and spent over a year of training at Fort Lewis. Wn.. prior to the out-break of World War U. With this advantage it was naturally the first division to be shipped overseas to stem the Japanese tide.
PILE DRIVER IS OVERTURNED ON ROAD PROJECT
A piledriver being used on a county road project seven miles southwest of Froid was overturned when a latch on a boom cable broke. The 36-foot boom was badly damaged when it fell into Sand Creek.
The pile-driver truck was also damaged, but the three-man crew escaped injury. All were on the ground when the rig tipped.
On the scene when the accident occured were Leonard (Bud) Jensen, owner of the rig; George Se-vert contractor for whom Jensen is working; and William Nak-kin. an employee of Jensen. All are from Scobey.
The men -were attempting to wrestle an 800-pound piling into place when the latch slipped. The boom and piling swung aside pulling the trcck with them.
SEPT. 30 REFUND DEADLINE FOR FARM-USED GASOLINE
Farmers have until September 30. to file claims for refund of Federal tax on gasoline used on a farm during the period from July 1, 1958 through June 30, 1960, IRS officials announced recently. . .
Due to the influx of new troops, casualties and replacements, the initial roster grew to include personnel from all over the United States. It was the flattering record of the 41st that everyone who found themselves within its ranks immediately became more "western" than the original old timers, and so added to the reputation of the Division that the outfit "became famous as "The Jungleers", the scourge of the South Pacific�General MacArthur's "fvaorite" division. ,
The 41st fought all the way from Fort Lewis to Australia. New Guinea, the Netherlands East Indies, the Philippines, and on to Hiroshima and Tokyo, Japan, from where it finally sailed back to the United States�the job of winning the war was well done.
To sum up the hstiory of the Sunset Division, the official name, it was officially rated as one of the top three divisions in the United States Army. It was the first Division inducted, the first division overseas, the first to be trained in jungle combat. It fought more campaigns than any other Division. It captured more Japs than any other Division (2,200) and was awarded the Presidential Citation for outstanding service. The 41st lead all South Pacific units in number of individual decorations. It received ten Battle Honors; suffered over a thousand casualties, and made an unequaled record by driving across New Guinea to Salamaua during seventy-six days of continuous combat while existing solely on limited "C" rations.
Previous annual reunions have been held in Seattle, Portland, Chicago, and other large centers, however recent reports indicate that Bozeman may set a new attendance record of over 700 delegates by reason of our cool climate, recreation facilities, and the attractions of our famous Montana vacation wonderlnd. A large proportion of the visitors have made inquiries and plan to remain two weeks or more in the area.
Many prominent personalities from the Sunset Division will attend the Convention, including eight Generals and Colonels too numerous to mention. General Jens A. Doe, Carmel. Calif., former 41st Diivsion Commander, will be the principal Jungleer; Colonel Archie Roosevelt New York, the fighting son of T. R. promises to (Continued on Page Four)
4-H Girls Meet And Learn to Bake
The 20th meeting of the ABC & S 4-H Club was held at the Art Mohr home with leaders, Mrs. Mohr and Mrs. Miller in charge. It was a roll demonstration meeting using plain roll and potato roll dough. The following types were demonstrated using plain roll dough: plain rolls, clover leaf rolls, parker house rolls, twists, and dinner rolls. Using potato roll dough we made knots, sesame seed rolls, cinnamon rolls, Turks turbans, clothes pin crullers and Swedish tea rings. Each girl took home rolls tor her family to sample.
Mary Saby, reporter
Truck-Bus Crash North of Froid Takes Two Lives
Daniel Hanson, 65, Homestead and Mrs. John Woltcrs, age unknown, of Havre, were killed about 6 p.m. Sunday evening in a head-on collision of a pickup truck and a Neville Co. bus at an intersection about six miles north of Froid on State Highway 16.
Hanson was the driver of the pickup and Mrs. Wolters was a passenger in the bus. Four other bus passengers and the driver, Lloyd Gustafson, Plentywood, are patients in the Plentywood hospital.
The bus was traveling south en route from Plentywood to Glen-dive, while Hanson was headed west on a county road. Investigating highway patrolmen said Hanson failed to stop the pickup at the intersection They safd he was driving in the center of the high-wav when the bus struck him head-on.
Tells Eligibility�
NELSON URGES FULL VOTE ON REFERENDUM
Who is eligible to vote in the July 21 referendum on 1961 wheat marketing quotas was today explained by Chairman Don E. Nelson of th� county ASC committee. According to Nelson, any grower in a commercial wheat state who will produce more than 15 acres of wheat as grain in 1961 will be eligible to cast a ballot in the quota vote.
Growers who will have smaller wheat acreages in 1961 and those who are taking part in the feed wheat program are not eligible to vote, since the wheat from such farms would not be subject to mar keting penalties under a quota program.
Chairman Nelson reminded farmers that those who vote in the July 21 referendum will be the ones who decide what kind of pro gram will be in effect for the next wheat crop. He urges that every eligible voter cast his ballot, so that the result may truly reflect the desires of growers themselves.
At least two-thirds of the total votes cast must be favorable if the 1961 wheat marketing quota is to remain in effect.
FINAL PORTION '60-61 SCHOOL AID RECEIVED
SuDerintendent of Public Instruction Harriet Miller notified County Treasurer Kermit K. Ul-rich and County Superintendent of Schools Alice T. Fossen that Roosevelt County will receive $65,235.00 as the final 1959-60 payment for elementary and spcond-ary schools from the State Public School Equalization Fund.
Miss Miller said this amount brings the year's total for this County from this source to $176,-945.00.
The state payments are for aiding in support of the schools' Foundation Programs, or basic budgets, Miss Miller said. The balance of Foundation Program money comes from school district and county taxes. The state superintendent said that the total statewide Foundation Program this past year amounted to $36 million. The Foundation Program accounts for about half of Montana's school costs, the other half being financed locally. Miss Miller explained.
VANDALISM AND MISCHIEF MAR HOLIDAY SPIRIT
A wave of vandalism and malicious mischief aimed at aggravating race and religious prejudice plagued Poplar during the Independence Day holiday.
Signs, swastikas and derogatory slogans were painted on a number of houses, fences and yards. The hardest hit was the Poplar Armory building. A truck and a cafe were also smeared with these signs. Police Chief Harry Skinner reported. , The police are continuing the investigation' of these offenses.
51 WORKERS HIRED THROUGH WP S.E.S. OFFICE
Fifty-one workers were hired through the State Employment Service office in Wolf Point during June, according to Duane Buett-ner, manager.
Of this total, 27 were placed on farms, 14 in retail trade and 10 in other industries. /
There were 190 persons registered for work at the end of June with 86 of this total being applicants from the Wolf Point area.
PLANS MADE FOR 4-H LOOK AND LEARN DAY
Roosevelt County 4-H Look and Learn day will be held July 23 in Culbertson beginning at 9:30 in the armory. Members, leaders, and parents will gather at the fairgrounds after the morning judging for a pot luck noon meal.
The 4-H clubs in the county will participate in a parade at 1 p.m. Each club will march as a separate unit and may be costumed. They may also be dressed in garments to be modeled in the dress review .which will follow the parade.- As there will be no dress review at the Youth Fair this year, the candidates to attend the 4-H Congress to model their garments will be chosen at this time.
Judging will be continued after the dress review until about 4 p.m. It is hoped that every club will be represented at the Look and Learn Day, states Joyce Simpson, Roosevelt County Home Demonstration agent.
The pre-school children will be able to enjoy rides on the Chamber of Commerce Kiddy Rides across the street from the Extension Building at any time during the day.
As this event coincides with Culbertson's Summer Jubilee, there will be many specials offered by the merchants and most businesses will have registration boxes for prizes in merchandise to be given away.
Go-Cart races will follow the | 4-H program. The Culbertson Sad- j die Club has planned to hold the, Northeastern Montana Saddle Club District 6 O-Mok-See in the evening under the lights at the Saddle Club arena. A dance will be held at the armory following the horse show.
The Poplar Standard
"Voice of The Oil City"
VOL. 50�NO. 34
Poplar, Roosevelt County, Montana, Friday, July 8, I960
GANG FIGHTS BEING CHECKED AT GLASGOW
Gang fights in Glasgow will be met with strict enforcement- of curfew hours, heavy penalties for illegal posession of beer or liquor and stiffer penalties for persons selling them to minors, and patrol of the city by Air Police from the Glasgow AFB.
Police and city officials made the announcement following gang fights in which one person was struck in the face with a tire chain, another was hit with a wrench and suffered a frontal fracture and a third was severely mauled. A loaded 22 calibre revolver was found on the street in front of Johnnie's Cafe following one of the altercations. Lt. Col. Ivan Duncan commander of the Glasgow AFB said he was "extremely worried about the situation." Unless the present situation is remedied, he added, "Somebody is going to end up in a pine box."
Involved in the trouble have been Glaseow, Fort Peck and Nashua natives, construction workers and airmen from the AFB.
Glasgow Police and the Air Patrol will work together in patrol of the city. Glasgows curfew ordinance prohibits any child under 16 from being on the streets between the hours of 9:15 p.m. and 6 a.m. unless accompanied by a person 21 years or older who is responsible for them.
A. M. GANGSTAD, COUNTY PIONEER DIES IN SIDNEY
FROID�Funeral services were held at the Froid Lutheran church Saturday afternoon for Alfred Mel-vin Gangstad, who died June 28 at Sidney where he has made his home since May of 1959.
Alfred Melvin Gangstad was born April 12, 1883 at Pelican Rapids, Minn., in Ottertail county. His parents were Lisa and Peter Gangstad. He was raised at Fosston, Minn., and confirmed at the Lutheran church in Fosston. He made his home at Fosston until he moved to his homestead near Froid in 1909. He was married on Nov. 18. 1915 in Plentywood to Hilda Annonson of Pinewood, Minn. To this union were born five children, who were all at the funeral.
He died at the Community Memorial hospital at Sidney.
He is survived by his wife, Hilda, four sons. Gerald of Longview, Wash.; Harden of Froid; Lloyd of Oakridge, Ore.; and Alton of Wil-liston; one daughter, Mrs. Meril (Jacqueline) Peterson of Sidney; eleven grandchildren; two sisters; Laura Peterson of Oshkosh, Wis.; and Inga Arneson of Fosston, Minn, and one brother, Oscar, of Billings.
Pallbearers were Otto Johnson, Arthur Krogedal. Hobart Wheeler, Nels I. Nelson, Oscar Olson and Norman Sundvold. Interment was in the Kvile cemetery.
Relatives here for the funeral were her sister and husband, Mr. and Mrs. Mum of Spokane, Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Gangstad and Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Gangstad of Billings.
Clues Lacking In Robbery of State Line Club
A lack of clues' in the armed robbery of the State Line Night Club located four miles east of Bainville on highway 2 at the Montana and North Dakota state line has made progress in the solution of the crime difficult for Roosevelt county law enforcement officials.
The club was robbed sometime between 3 and 3:30 a.m. Tuesday by two men who awakened Kermit Christianson, club manager, who was asleep in his bedroom in an apartment upstairs above the club's office and tied his wrists to his ankles at gun point, using a belt and electric cords as ties
It took Christianson about an hour and a half to work his way to the kitchen of the apartment and loosen his hands enough to cut his binds with a knife from the kitchen table to free himself. He immediately called Roosevelt County Sheriff E. G. Shuman. who said the call came between 4 and 5 a.m.
The robbery netted the two men who Christianson described
Body of Wolf Point Man Found in River; Foul Play Ruled Out
LEASE FEE CUT IS ANNOUNCED BY AGENCY
A reduction in the lease fees charged by the Land Service Department of the Fort Peck Agency, was announced this week by Supt. Dale Baldwin.
The old Tribal Land Service Enterprise was discontinued July 1, 1960, and with it went the fees which were collected to support it. Under the Land Service Enterprise, part of the realty staff was paid from these fees. Up until June 30 five members of the Fort Peck Realty staff were supported from this source.
The Interior Department now has appropriated funds to support the entire Realty staff. The fees charged are for materials and other incidentals relative to the drawing up of the leases, and toe rate is established by the Federal Code of regulations.
The lease fee schedule announced is: Not to exceed $100.00, fee $1.00; $100.01 to $250.00, fee $2.50; $250.01 to $500.00, fee $5.00; and for each additional $500.00 or fraction thereof, there will be a fee of $1.00.
Poplar Weather For the Week; .36 in. of Rainfall
The temperatures in the Poplar area ranged near the seasonal average during the past week. A rainfall of more than one-third of an inch was reported by Florn Martin the official weather man.
On July 2 a rainfall of .20 of an inch was recorded, with a trace of precipitation on the 3rd and .16 on July 4. The temperatures ranged between a high of 91 degrees on July 3 and a low of 46 degrees on July 5. The Fourth was a cool day with a high of 69 degrees and a low of 52.
The body of Gabrial Paul Moran 40, of Wolf Point was discovered Monday, July 4 about noon floating in the Missouri river two and a half miles west of Poplar by two other Wolf Point men who had gone to the area to irrigate some farm land. The death is believed to have been accidental and the possibility of foul play has been dismissed.
The accidental discovery was made by George Good and A. C. Terpe, who had gone to the Ter-pe farm located about 25 miles southeast of Wolf Point in Mc-Cone county in the Nickwall community. As the men were working with the irrigation equipment along the river, they saw the body float by near a boat landing on the south side of the river.
Identification was made by Special Officer John Bushman of the Fort Peck Reservation police and later by a brother Leonard of Dod-son. The body is believed to have been in the water about four days because of the advanced stage of decomposition. It was fully clothed and identification was made from papers found in pockets _ . ,, of the clothing. Gabe Moran Recovery was made at about 3 p.m.
Circumstances surrounding the death are unknown and since no visible evidence indicates foul play, an inquest will not be held.
Friends report seeing Moran alive on Monday in Wolf Point when he sought a loan of funds to seek employment out of the area. The last time he was seen was on Thursday night in Wolf Point when he asked a friend who was passing for a cigarette in the downtown area.
BURGLARS HIT ZIMM'S GROCERY IN POPLAR
Zimm's Grocery in Poplar was burglarized Wednesday night, July 6. and as yet an undetermined number of articles were taken. The intruders gained entrance to the building by breaking out a rear window. Discovery of the break-in was made Thursday morning.
Lloyd Zimmerman, the proprietor reported that the burglars took mostly meat that had been cut and prepared for sale. No estimate of the value or amount taken is available at present
The Poplar Police Department is investigating.
Investigation into the death was made by the FBI and Special Officer Bushman who reported that there were no cuts, bruises or other wounds on the body.
Moran, a veteran of World War II, served three and a half years in the South Pacific with the 163rd Infantry and was awarded the Purple Heart. He was employed at Wolf Point by the Montana Highway Department immediately following his discharge from the service. Later was employed about two years in the Los Angeles, Calif, area, and a year at Portland, Ore., returning to Wolf Point about two years ago and has worked since that time at both farm and construction jobs.
Moran, a member of the Turtle Mountain tribe, was born January 22, 1920, at Trenton, N. D., the son of Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Moran. In 1924 he moved with his parents to Wolf Point.
Funeral services were held Thursday (today), July 7 at 9 a.m. at the Immaculate Conception church with Rev. Patrick J. O'Reilly, officiating. Rosary was said Wednesday evening at 7:30 at the Clayton Memorial Chapel. Military burial rites were conducted by the VFW Post No. 1755 at Greenwood, cemetery.
He is survived by two brothers. Art of Powers, Mont., and Leonard, Dodson, Mont.
LOCAL PASTOR RETURNS FROM NATIONAL MEET
Rev. and Mrs. George R. Shaffer have just returned from Kansas City, Mo., where they attended the 15th General Assembly of the Church of the Nazarene which is held every four years. It was attended by more than 20 thousand Nazarenes from all over the world. The assembly convened at the Kansas City Municipal Auditorium, June 16, and was dismissed June 24.
The delegates re-elected the five incumbent members of the board of General Superintendents, the church's governing body, and voted to enlarge the board to six members.
Sunday, June 19, was the highlight of the meetings, according to Rev. Shaffer, and began with an International prayer meeting at 8 A.M. Sunday afternoon there was a great missionary rally with missionaries on furlough from many parts of the world, and 39 new outgoing missionaries were introduced.
While away. Rev. and Mrs. Shaffer visited relatives and friends in Gibbon and Humbolt. Neb., Pleas-anton and Emporia Kan., Sheridan, Wyo. and Miles City.
as about five feet seven inches and five feet eleven inches tall between $3,000 and $4,000. Christianson said he did not get a good look at the faces of the men and could offer no other description.
The loot was in currency and coins including a large amount of pennies. About $2.000 was taken from Christianson's pants pockets, the balance from the tills, however, the robbers missed some of the tills. The long Fourth of July weekend accounted for the large amount of cash on hand at the club.
An employee of the club, Jim Bladow, a bartender, slept through the entire incident in a room located on the opposite end of the building from where Christensen was accosted.
Since no windows were broken or doors forced, it is believel the men hid somewhere in the building during the evening and were locked in at closing time about 2 a.m. without being discovered. They then waited until all was quiet and Christensen asleep before ransacking the club and tie-ing him up. Both men had their faces covered with scarves. Sheriff Shuman has been con-since report-leads and
possibilities so far probed ha-'e not turned any light on those involved in the robbery.
The State Line Club incident comes on the heels of a third warning issued recently by Shuman for individuals and business firms not to keep large sums of money in their possession because robbery activities were skirting our area. He reiterated the statement again this week, saying that the club's experience should prove reason enough to take the situation seriously.
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tinuously on the case sin i ed tq him, however/all 'possibilities so far Dr<
WHEAT DISPOSAL DEADLINES COMING SOON
Montana farmers who wish to comply with their wheat allotments but have excess wheat planted have only until July 11 to dispose of wheat seeded last fall and July 21 to dispose of wheat planted this spring.
Wheat left standing after these dates will be considered as wheat acreage in determining whether the farm is in compliance with its allotment. The only exception is that if a notice of excess cannot be sent early enough to give the farmer 15 days before the disposal date to reduce his acreage, the final disposal date will be fifteen days after the date of the notice.
Excess wheat may be utilized as hay, pasture, silage or green manure prior to July 11 in the case of winter wheat and July 21 in the case of spring wheat. Any excess wheat disposed of after these dates must e by mechanical means such as plowing or discing.
While the disposal dates of July 11 and July 21 apply to excess crop acreages, including wheat, on farms participating in the Conservation Reserve, the methods of disposal differ. Each notice of excess explains the appropriate method of disposal and farmers who have questions are urged to discuss them with the county office before undertaking disposal operations.
Compliance with a farm's wheat allotment is necessary for the farmer who wishes to be eligible for wheat price support Des-champs explained. Compliance will also ensure that the farm receives maximum history credit for 1960 in computing future wheat allotments.
DRIVERS EXAMS SCHEDULE SET
Applicants in and around Wolf Point for driver license examinations will be able to contact Montana Highway Patrol Examiner before 11 a.m. or 4 p.m. on the following days in July: 5, 11. 18 or 25. The driver examiner will be at the Roosevelt County Courthouse.
In Poplar, applicants will be able to contact driver examiner at the Armory Bldg. on July 8 between the hours of 11 a.m. and 4 p.m.
LEASING
PROBLEMS
DISCUSSED
By BEVERLY CANAVAN
An assembly of sixteen members of the Roosevelt County Advisory Council met Wednesday at the County Extension Building in Culbertson to review and discuss progress made by the action commute of the advisory council since the last council meeting in December. Eugene Swank presided at the meeting.
The seventen-point program of the advisory council was reviewed in detail and the council voted on recommendations for further action or changes which will be put in the hands of the county advisory action committee.
The group approved work done on study projects throughout the county in current events and in the adult study courses and are enthusiastic about continuing study groups and adult education An attempt is being made to get a self-administering series of studies concerning "Montana Vital Issues" to be studied as Great Decisions was early this year.
Other adult classes have been conducted on bookkeeping, ceramics, French, history, sewing, political science, commercial studies. It was suggested that classes in adult shop, estate planning, and communication courses be offered in the future. Interest was also shown in a study of an overall look at farm programs and policy.
Reservation leasing problems were discussed and it was reported that the agency has taken steps to speed the leasing process. Work will be continued on this project. Coordination of agency activities will also be continued.
Eastern Roosevelt county schools have jointly hired a full time student counselor for the coming year to serve Froid, Bainville. Brockton and Culbertson, on the suggestion of the advisory council and through the work of the action committee.
The council recommended that personnel of the Conservation Service report any possible recreation facilities in the area to the council or to the committee nearest to the area for possible development into a boating, swimming, fishing or other recreational area. The action committee has worked to increase industrial and agricultural development in the county and are exploring the possibility of industrial processing of barley and commercial hog production. Investigation of these and other developments suited to this area are continuing. The action committee reported on the establishment of the eastern Roosevelt roads committee.
It was suggested that other areas in the county may wish to establish a similar roads committee to work with county commissioners for more efficient road systems in the rural areas. It was also suggested that a county-wide road map be brought up to date with the help of rural residents.
The council extended a vote of thanks and a vote of confidence to the action comittee before adjourning.
POPLAR WOMEN SELECTED FOR STATEWORKSHOP
Two cafeteria workers from the Poplar school system will attend a special workshop for selected school lunch personnel to be held at Montana State College. Bozeman, July 11 to 14. it was announced this week bv Miss Harriet Miller, superintendent of public instruction for Montana.
Mrs. Gladys Combs and Mrs. Oscar Evenson were among the 66 women who were selected by a vote of Montana's 600 school lunch workers.
The workship. which is sponsored by the Department of Public Instruction's School Lunch Division and the College, will be a training session for participants who later will conduct similar workshops in their local areas.
The program will have as its prime objective, the planning of good, low-cost lunches.
Since Montana's training program for school lunch personnel is considered a model plan, the TJozeman session will be attended by observers from Utah. Idaho, Wyoming, California, and Washington, D. C. Miss Miller stated.
Montana fish and game department officials today called attention to figures which show that Montanans are five times more careless in operating a boat than the national average. The state's death ratio is 1.20 deaths per thousand boat motors sold as compared to the national average of .23 deaths per thousand boat motors.
RECORD HOP IS SET FOR TONIGHT
A record hop will be held at the American Legion Hall Friday, July 8. from 8:00 p.m. to 11:30 p.m. it was announced by Robert Trinder. The dance, which is strictly for junior high and high school students of Poplar and the surrounding area, will be fully chaperoned.

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County Advisory Council Reviews Progr�m at Culbertson Meeting�
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Area Recreational Development Is Possibility
Where Burglars Hit
WOLF POINT�
Above is the scene where burglars entered the home of Mr. and Mrs. Lyle Knudson, 213 Garfield, cutting the telephone line as shown by Knudson. Also pictured is the purse on the chair
near the door in which money had been taken. The robbers also took Knudson's 1955 station wagon which still has not been recovered. The thefts took place about 3:30 a.m. Saturday�Staff photo by Chrys-Meree Thorsen.
AREA VETERANS WILL ATTEND 1st. DIVISION MEETING
A buffalo barbeque. Indian Ceremonial. Australian lecture and j movies, banquet, parties for the | ladies. Grand Balls, Memorial I Services, and a ranch breakfast will highlight the 14th annual Convention of the 41st Infantry Divi-iion Association which includes Montana's famed 163rd Infantry, in Bozeman Julv 22nd. 23rd. and 24th.
Many 'eterans from Poplar and Roosevelt County will be in attendance. "B" Company called "the Indian Company' of the 163rd Infantry, 41st Division, was a Poplar National guard unit. "E" Company was composed of men from Wolf Point and Culbertson; and the 1st Battalion Headquarters Company was from Bainville.
Capt. James Helmer was Company Commander when the Poplar unit was mobilized. Other officers were 1st. Lt. Duncan Dupree. who was killed in action and 2nd Lts. Buster Zimmerman and Claude Trinder.
Buster Zimmerman announced that an effort is being made to enlist several Indian couples to go in costume to add color to the convention. A $50.00 hat is offered as first place prize, with a second place prize of $25.00 in merchandise.
The 41st. a National Guard Division, was originally composed of troops from the five northwestern states. It was the first division inducted into the Regular Service and spent over a year of training at Fort Lewis. Wn.. prior to the out-break of World War U. With this advantage it was naturally the first division to be shipped overseas to stem the Japanese tide.
PILE DRIVER IS OVERTURNED ON ROAD PROJECT
A piledriver being used on a county road project seven miles southwest of Froid was overturned when a latch on a boom cable broke. The 36-foot boom was badly damaged when it fell into Sand Creek.
The pile-driver truck was also damaged, but the three-man crew escaped injury. All were on the ground when the rig tipped.
On the scene when the accident occured were Leonard (Bud) Jensen, owner of the rig; George Se-vert contractor for whom Jensen is working; and William Nak-kin. an employee of Jensen. All are from Scobey.
The men -were attempting to wrestle an 800-pound piling into place when the latch slipped. The boom and piling swung aside pulling the trcck with them.
SEPT. 30 REFUND DEADLINE FOR FARM-USED GASOLINE
Farmers have until September 30. to file claims for refund of Federal tax on gasoline used on a farm during the period from July 1, 1958 through June 30, 1960, IRS officials announced recently. . .
Due to the influx of new troops, casualties and replacements, the initial roster grew to include personnel from all over the United States. It was the flattering record of the 41st that everyone who found themselves within its ranks immediately became more "western" than the original old timers, and so added to the reputation of the Division that the outfit "became famous as "The Jungleers", the scourge of the South Pacific�General MacArthur's "fvaorite" division. ,
The 41st fought all the way from Fort Lewis to Australia. New Guinea, the Netherlands East Indies, the Philippines, and on to Hiroshima and Tokyo, Japan, from where it finally sailed back to the United States�the job of winning the war was well done.
To sum up the hstiory of the Sunset Division, the official name, it was officially rated as one of the top three divisions in the United States Army. It was the first Division inducted, the first division overseas, the first to be trained in jungle combat. It fought more campaigns than any other Division. It captured more Japs than any other Division (2,200) and was awarded the Presidential Citation for outstanding service. The 41st lead all South Pacific units in number of individual decorations. It received ten Battle Honors; suffered over a thousand casualties, and made an unequaled record by driving across New Guinea to Salamaua during seventy-six days of continuous combat while existing solely on limited "C" rations.
Previous annual reunions have been held in Seattle, Portland, Chicago, and other large centers, however recent reports indicate that Bozeman may set a new attendance record of over 700 delegates by reason of our cool climate, recreation facilities, and the attractions of our famous Montana vacation wonderlnd. A large proportion of the visitors have made inquiries and plan to remain two weeks or more in the area.
Many prominent personalities from the Sunset Division will attend the Convention, including eight Generals and Colonels too numerous to mention. General Jens A. Doe, Carmel. Calif., former 41st Diivsion Commander, will be the principal Jungleer; Colonel Archie Roosevelt New York, the fighting son of T. R. promises to (Continued on Page Four)
4-H Girls Meet And Learn to Bake
The 20th meeting of the ABC & S 4-H Club was held at the Art Mohr home with leaders, Mrs. Mohr and Mrs. Miller in charge. It was a roll demonstration meeting using plain roll and potato roll dough. The following types were demonstrated using plain roll dough: plain rolls, clover leaf rolls, parker house rolls, twists, and dinner rolls. Using potato roll dough we made knots, sesame seed rolls, cinnamon rolls, Turks turbans, clothes pin crullers and Swedish tea rings. Each girl took home rolls tor her family to sample.
Mary Saby, reporter
Truck-Bus Crash North of Froid Takes Two Lives
Daniel Hanson, 65, Homestead and Mrs. John Woltcrs, age unknown, of Havre, were killed about 6 p.m. Sunday evening in a head-on collision of a pickup truck and a Neville Co. bus at an intersection about six miles north of Froid on State Highway 16.
Hanson was the driver of the pickup and Mrs. Wolters was a passenger in the bus. Four other bus passengers and the driver, Lloyd Gustafson, Plentywood, are patients in the Plentywood hospital.
The bus was traveling south en route from Plentywood to Glen-dive, while Hanson was headed west on a county road. Investigating highway patrolmen said Hanson failed to stop the pickup at the intersection They safd he was driving in the center of the high-wav when the bus struck him head-on.
Tells Eligibility�
NELSON URGES FULL VOTE ON REFERENDUM
Who is eligible to vote in the July 21 referendum on 1961 wheat marketing quotas was today explained by Chairman Don E. Nelson of th� county ASC committee. According to Nelson, any grower in a commercial wheat state who will produce more than 15 acres of wheat as grain in 1961 will be eligible to cast a ballot in the quota vote.
Growers who will have smaller wheat acreages in 1961 and those who are taking part in the feed wheat program are not eligible to vote, since the wheat from such farms would not be subject to mar keting penalties under a quota program.
Chairman Nelson reminded farmers that those who vote in the July 21 referendum will be the ones who decide what kind of pro gram will be in effect for the next wheat crop. He urges that every eligible voter cast his ballot, so that the result may truly reflect the desires of growers themselves.
At least two-thirds of the total votes cast must be favorable if the 1961 wheat marketing quota is to remain in effect.
FINAL PORTION '60-61 SCHOOL AID RECEIVED
SuDerintendent of Public Instruction Harriet Miller notified County Treasurer Kermit K. Ul-rich and County Superintendent of Schools Alice T. Fossen that Roosevelt County will receive $65,235.00 as the final 1959-60 payment for elementary and spcond-ary schools from the State Public School Equalization Fund.
Miss Miller said this amount brings the year's total for this County from this source to $176,-945.00.
The state payments are for aiding in support of the schools' Foundation Programs, or basic budgets, Miss Miller said. The balance of Foundation Program money comes from school district and county taxes. The state superintendent said that the total statewide Foundation Program this past year amounted to $36 million. The Foundation Program accounts for about half of Montana's school costs, the other half being financed locally. Miss Miller explained.
VANDALISM AND MISCHIEF MAR HOLIDAY SPIRIT
A wave of vandalism and malicious mischief aimed at aggravating race and religious prejudice plagued Poplar during the Independence Day holiday.
Signs, swastikas and derogatory slogans were painted on a number of houses, fences and yards. The hardest hit was the Poplar Armory building. A truck and a cafe were also smeared with these signs. Police Chief Harry Skinner reported. , The police are continuing the investigation' of these offenses.
51 WORKERS HIRED THROUGH WP S.E.S. OFFICE
Fifty-one workers were hired through the State Employment Service office in Wolf Point during June, according to Duane Buett-ner, manager.
Of this total, 27 were placed on farms, 14 in retail trade and 10 in other industries. /
There were 190 persons registered for work at the end of June with 86 of this total being applicants from the Wolf Point area.
PLANS MADE FOR 4-H LOOK AND LEARN DAY
Roosevelt County 4-H Look and Learn day will be held July 23 in Culbertson beginning at 9:30 in the armory. Members, leaders, and parents will gather at the fairgrounds after the morning judging for a pot luck noon meal.
The 4-H clubs in the county will participate in a parade at 1 p.m. Each club will march as a separate unit and may be costumed. They may also be dressed in garments to be modeled in the dress review .which will follow the parade.- As there will be no dress review at the Youth Fair this year, the candidates to attend the 4-H Congress to model their garments will be chosen at this time.
Judging will be continued after the dress review until about 4 p.m. It is hoped that every club will be represented at the Look and Learn Day, states Joyce Simpson, Roosevelt County Home Demonstration agent.
The pre-school children will be able to enjoy rides on the Chamber of Commerce Kiddy Rides across the street from the Extension Building at any time during the day.
As this event coincides with Culbertson's Summer Jubilee, there will be many specials offered by the merchants and most businesses will have registration boxes for prizes in merchandise to be given away.
Go-Cart races will follow the | 4-H program. The Culbertson Sad- j die Club has planned to hold the, Northeastern Montana Saddle Club District 6 O-Mok-See in the evening under the lights at the Saddle Club arena. A dance will be held at the armory following the horse show.
The Poplar Standard
"Voice of The Oil City"
VOL. 50�NO. 34
Poplar, Roosevelt County, Montana, Friday, July 8, I960
GANG FIGHTS BEING CHECKED AT GLASGOW
Gang fights in Glasgow will be met with strict enforcement- of curfew hours, heavy penalties for illegal posession of beer or liquor and stiffer penalties for persons selling them to minors, and patrol of the city by Air Police from the Glasgow AFB.
Police and city officials made the announcement following gang fights in which one person was struck in the face with a tire chain, another was hit with a wrench and suffered a frontal fracture and a third was severely mauled. A loaded 22 calibre revolver was found on the street in front of Johnnie's Cafe following one of the altercations. Lt. Col. Ivan Duncan commander of the Glasgow AFB said he was "extremely worried about the situation." Unless the present situation is remedied, he added, "Somebody is going to end up in a pine box."
Involved in the trouble have been Glaseow, Fort Peck and Nashua natives, construction workers and airmen from the AFB.
Glasgow Police and the Air Patrol will work together in patrol of the city. Glasgows curfew ordinance prohibits any child under 16 from being on the streets between the hours of 9:15 p.m. and 6 a.m. unless accompanied by a person 21 years or older who is responsible for them.
A. M. GANGSTAD, COUNTY PIONEER DIES IN SIDNEY
FROID�Funeral services were held at the Froid Lutheran church Saturday afternoon for Alfred Mel-vin Gangstad, who died June 28 at Sidney where he has made his home since May of 1959.
Alfred Melvin Gangstad was born April 12, 1883 at Pelican Rapids, Minn., in Ottertail county. His parents were Lisa and Peter Gangstad. He was raised at Fosston, Minn., and confirmed at the Lutheran church in Fosston. He made his home at Fosston until he moved to his homestead near Froid in 1909. He was married on Nov. 18. 1915 in Plentywood to Hilda Annonson of Pinewood, Minn. To this union were born five children, who were all at the funeral.
He died at the Community Memorial hospital at Sidney.
He is survived by his wife, Hilda, four sons. Gerald of Longview, Wash.; Harden of Froid; Lloyd of Oakridge, Ore.; and Alton of Wil-liston; one daughter, Mrs. Meril (Jacqueline) Peterson of Sidney; eleven grandchildren; two sisters; Laura Peterson of Oshkosh, Wis.; and Inga Arneson of Fosston, Minn, and one brother, Oscar, of Billings.
Pallbearers were Otto Johnson, Arthur Krogedal. Hobart Wheeler, Nels I. Nelson, Oscar Olson and Norman Sundvold. Interment was in the Kvile cemetery.
Relatives here for the funeral were her sister and husband, Mr. and Mrs. Mum of Spokane, Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Gangstad and Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Gangstad of Billings.
Clues Lacking In Robbery of State Line Club
A lack of clues' in the armed robbery of the State Line Night Club located four miles east of Bainville on highway 2 at the Montana and North Dakota state line has made progress in the solution of the crime difficult for Roosevelt county law enforcement officials.
The club was robbed sometime between 3 and 3:30 a.m. Tuesday by two men who awakened Kermit Christianson, club manager, who was asleep in his bedroom in an apartment upstairs above the club's office and tied his wrists to his ankles at gun point, using a belt and electric cords as ties
It took Christianson about an hour and a half to work his way to the kitchen of the apartment and loosen his hands enough to cut his binds with a knife from the kitchen table to free himself. He immediately called Roosevelt County Sheriff E. G. Shuman. who said the call came between 4 and 5 a.m.
The robbery netted the two men who Christianson described
Body of Wolf Point Man Found in River; Foul Play Ruled Out
LEASE FEE CUT IS ANNOUNCED BY AGENCY
A reduction in the lease fees charged by the Land Service Department of the Fort Peck Agency, was announced this week by Supt. Dale Baldwin.
The old Tribal Land Service Enterprise was discontinued July 1, 1960, and with it went the fees which were collected to support it. Under the Land Service Enterprise, part of the realty staff was paid from these fees. Up until June 30 five members of the Fort Peck Realty staff were supported from this source.
The Interior Department now has appropriated funds to support the entire Realty staff. The fees charged are for materials and other incidentals relative to the drawing up of the leases, and toe rate is established by the Federal Code of regulations.
The lease fee schedule announced is: Not to exceed $100.00, fee $1.00; $100.01 to $250.00, fee $2.50; $250.01 to $500.00, fee $5.00; and for each additional $500.00 or fraction thereof, there will be a fee of $1.00.
Poplar Weather For the Week; .36 in. of Rainfall
The temperatures in the Poplar area ranged near the seasonal average during the past week. A rainfall of more than one-third of an inch was reported by Florn Martin the official weather man.
On July 2 a rainfall of .20 of an inch was recorded, with a trace of precipitation on the 3rd and .16 on July 4. The temperatures ranged between a high of 91 degrees on July 3 and a low of 46 degrees on July 5. The Fourth was a cool day with a high of 69 degrees and a low of 52.
The body of Gabrial Paul Moran 40, of Wolf Point was discovered Monday, July 4 about noon floating in the Missouri river two and a half miles west of Poplar by two other Wolf Point men who had gone to the area to irrigate some farm land. The death is believed to have been accidental and the possibility of foul play has been dismissed.
The accidental discovery was made by George Good and A. C. Terpe, who had gone to the Ter-pe farm located about 25 miles southeast of Wolf Point in Mc-Cone county in the Nickwall community. As the men were working with the irrigation equipment along the river, they saw the body float by near a boat landing on the south side of the river.
Identification was made by Special Officer John Bushman of the Fort Peck Reservation police and later by a brother Leonard of Dod-son. The body is believed to have been in the water about four days because of the advanced stage of decomposition. It was fully clothed and identification was made from papers found in pockets _ . ,, of the clothing. Gabe Moran Recovery was made at about 3 p.m.
Circumstances surrounding the death are unknown and since no visible evidence indicates foul play, an inquest will not be held.
Friends report seeing Moran alive on Monday in Wolf Point when he sought a loan of funds to seek employment out of the area. The last time he was seen was on Thursday night in Wolf Point when he asked a friend who was passing for a cigarette in the downtown area.
BURGLARS HIT ZIMM'S GROCERY IN POPLAR
Zimm's Grocery in Poplar was burglarized Wednesday night, July 6. and as yet an undetermined number of articles were taken. The intruders gained entrance to the building by breaking out a rear window. Discovery of the break-in was made Thursday morning.
Lloyd Zimmerman, the proprietor reported that the burglars took mostly meat that had been cut and prepared for sale. No estimate of the value or amount taken is available at present
The Poplar Police Department is investigating.
Investigation into the death was made by the FBI and Special Officer Bushman who reported that there were no cuts, bruises or other wounds on the body.
Moran, a veteran of World War II, served three and a half years in the South Pacific with the 163rd Infantry and was awarded the Purple Heart. He was employed at Wolf Point by the Montana Highway Department immediately following his discharge from the service. Later was employed about two years in the Los Angeles, Calif, area, and a year at Portland, Ore., returning to Wolf Point about two years ago and has worked since that time at both farm and construction jobs.
Moran, a member of the Turtle Mountain tribe, was born January 22, 1920, at Trenton, N. D., the son of Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Moran. In 1924 he moved with his parents to Wolf Point.
Funeral services were held Thursday (today), July 7 at 9 a.m. at the Immaculate Conception church with Rev. Patrick J. O'Reilly, officiating. Rosary was said Wednesday evening at 7:30 at the Clayton Memorial Chapel. Military burial rites were conducted by the VFW Post No. 1755 at Greenwood, cemetery.
He is survived by two brothers. Art of Powers, Mont., and Leonard, Dodson, Mont.
LOCAL PASTOR RETURNS FROM NATIONAL MEET
Rev. and Mrs. George R. Shaffer have just returned from Kansas City, Mo., where they attended the 15th General Assembly of the Church of the Nazarene which is held every four years. It was attended by more than 20 thousand Nazarenes from all over the world. The assembly convened at the Kansas City Municipal Auditorium, June 16, and was dismissed June 24.
The delegates re-elected the five incumbent members of the board of General Superintendents, the church's governing body, and voted to enlarge the board to six members.
Sunday, June 19, was the highlight of the meetings, according to Rev. Shaffer, and began with an International prayer meeting at 8 A.M. Sunday afternoon there was a great missionary rally with missionaries on furlough from many parts of the world, and 39 new outgoing missionaries were introduced.
While away. Rev. and Mrs. Shaffer visited relatives and friends in Gibbon and Humbolt. Neb., Pleas-anton and Emporia Kan., Sheridan, Wyo. and Miles City.
as about five feet seven inches and five feet eleven inches tall between $3,000 and $4,000. Christianson said he did not get a good look at the faces of the men and could offer no other description.
The loot was in currency and coins including a large amount of pennies. About $2.000 was taken from Christianson's pants pockets, the balance from the tills, however, the robbers missed some of the tills. The long Fourth of July weekend accounted for the large amount of cash on hand at the club.
An employee of the club, Jim Bladow, a bartender, slept through the entire incident in a room located on the opposite end of the building from where Christensen was accosted.
Since no windows were broken or doors forced, it is believel the men hid somewhere in the building during the evening and were locked in at closing time about 2 a.m. without being discovered. They then waited until all was quiet and Christensen asleep before ransacking the club and tie-ing him up. Both men had their faces covered with scarves. Sheriff Shuman has been con-since report-leads and
possibilities so far probed ha-'e not turned any light on those involved in the robbery.
The State Line Club incident comes on the heels of a third warning issued recently by Shuman for individuals and business firms not to keep large sums of money in their possession because robbery activities were skirting our area. He reiterated the statement again this week, saying that the club's experience should prove reason enough to take the situation seriously.
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WHEAT DISPOSAL DEADLINES COMING SOON
Montana farmers who wish to comply with their wheat allotments but have excess wheat planted have only until July 11 to dispose of wheat seeded last fall and July 21 to dispose of wheat planted this spring.
Wheat left standing after these dates will be considered as wheat acreage in determining whether the farm is in compliance with its allotment. The only exception is that if a notice of excess cannot be sent early enough to give the farmer 15 days before the disposal date to reduce his acreage, the final disposal date will be fifteen days after the date of the notice.
Excess wheat may be utilized as hay, pasture, silage or green manure prior to July 11 in the case of winter wheat and July 21 in the case of spring wheat. Any excess wheat disposed of after these dates must e by mechanical means such as plowing or discing.
While the disposal dates of July 11 and July 21 apply to excess crop acreages, including wheat, on farms participating in the Conservation Reserve, the methods of disposal differ. Each notice of excess explains the appropriate method of disposal and farmers who have questions are urged to discuss them with the county office before undertaking disposal operations.
Compliance with a farm's wheat allotment is necessary for the farmer who wishes to be eligible for wheat price support Des-champs explained. Compliance will also ensure that the farm receives maximum history credit for 1960 in computing future wheat allotments.
DRIVERS EXAMS SCHEDULE SET
Applicants in and around Wolf Point for driver license examinations will be able to contact Montana Highway Patrol Examiner before 11 a.m. or 4 p.m. on the following days in July: 5, 11. 18 or 25. The driver examiner will be at the Roosevelt County Courthouse.
In Poplar, applicants will be able to contact driver examiner at the Armory Bldg. on July 8 between the hours of 11 a.m. and 4 p.m.
LEASING
PROBLEMS
DISCUSSED
By BEVERLY CANAVAN
An assembly of sixteen members of the Roosevelt County Advisory Council met Wednesday at the County Extension Building in Culbertson to review and discuss progress made by the action commute of the advisory council since the last council meeting in December. Eugene Swank presided at the meeting.
The seventen-point program of the advisory council was reviewed in detail and the council voted on recommendations for further action or changes which will be put in the hands of the county advisory action committee.
The group approved work done on study projects throughout the county in current events and in the adult study courses and are enthusiastic about continuing study groups and adult education An attempt is being made to get a self-administering series of studies concerning "Montana Vital Issues" to be studied as Great Decisions was early this year.
Other adult classes have been conducted on bookkeeping, ceramics, French, history, sewing, political science, commercial studies. It was suggested that classes in adult shop, estate planning, and communication courses be offered in the future. Interest was also shown in a study of an overall look at farm programs and policy.
Reservation leasing problems were discussed and it was reported that the agency has taken steps to speed the leasing process. Work will be continued on this project. Coordination of agency activities will also be continued.
Eastern Roosevelt county schools have jointly hired a full time student counselor for the coming year to serve Froid, Bainville. Brockton and Culbertson, on the suggestion of the advisory council and through the work of the action committee.
The council recommended that personnel of the Conservation Service report any possible recreation facilities in the area to the council or to the committee nearest to the area for possible development into a boating, swimming, fishing or other recreational area. The action committee has worked to increase industrial and agricultural development in the county and are exploring the possibility of industrial processing of barley and commercial hog production. Investigation of these and other developments suited to this area are continuing. The action committee reported on the establishment of the eastern Roosevelt roads committee.
It was suggested that other areas in the county may wish to establish a similar roads committee to work with county commissioners for more efficient road systems in the rural areas. It was also suggested that a county-wide road map be brought up to date with the help of rural residents.
The council extended a vote of thanks and a vote of confidence to the action comittee before adjourning.
POPLAR WOMEN SELECTED FOR STATEWORKSHOP
Two cafeteria workers from the Poplar school system will attend a special workshop for selected school lunch personnel to be held at Montana State College. Bozeman, July 11 to 14. it was announced this week bv Miss Harriet Miller, superintendent of public instruction for Montana.
Mrs. Gladys Combs and Mrs. Oscar Evenson were among the 66 women who were selected by a vote of Montana's 600 school lunch workers.
The workship. which is sponsored by the Department of Public Instruction's School Lunch Division and the College, will be a training session for participants who later will conduct similar workshops in their local areas.
The program will have as its prime objective, the planning of good, low-cost lunches.
Since Montana's training program for school lunch personnel is considered a model plan, the TJozeman session will be attended by observers from Utah. Idaho, Wyoming, California, and Washington, D. C. Miss Miller stated.
Montana fish and game department officials today called attention to figures which show that Montanans are five times more careless in operating a boat than the national average. The state's death ratio is 1.20 deaths per thousand boat motors sold as compared to the national average of .23 deaths per thousand boat motors.
RECORD HOP IS SET FOR TONIGHT
A record hop will be held at the American Legion Hall Friday, July 8. from 8:00 p.m. to 11:30 p.m. it was announced by Robert Trinder. The dance, which is strictly for junior high and high school students of Poplar and the surrounding area, will be fully chaperoned.